hello from the blue ridge mtns in Virginia!!
hello,
i remember as a kid going to get my haircut with my dad, and the barber, his name was Gene. Gene would give dad a shave using a straight razor, i remember he was pretty darn skilled with that thing, i remember the sound of him stropping the blade, that smack smack smack. them were the days huh. i never was old enough to get the barber to give me a shave, thats ok. one day i decided i wanted one. my first was a george wostenholm IXL, and then i acquired a boker- pearl, and then a rolls. my pops had a rolls when he was in the service. still has it to this day. thats quite a gem for traveling! then i got another boker, and then my first true pipe razor. then a w.h. morley & sons clover brand, another heavy pipe razor and a boker waldorf.
my girlfriend thinks i have a problem, but she seems to like the quality of my shave. anyhow i like to find "fixeruppers" which some of my collection are.
i am a single father of a 14-yo son. i've got an older car i consider my bigboy toy. and i like to make my own beer. :beer1:
im interested in making shaving bowls from exotic woods, possibly custom scales, and i wonder, what prevents any of us from making our own brand of razor?
